Fellowships (bold = applied, strikethrough = rejected)

  • Schmidt Science Fellows
  • Shuttleworth Fellowship
  • Bassel Khartabil
  • Mozilla Fellowship (~March 2020?)
  • ARC/NHMRC?
  • HFSP Long-Term Fellowships (propose a project in the life sciences which is significantly different from previous work) (8 August, 2019)
  • Open Society Fellowship $80-100k (4 Feb 2019, 1-2 pages)
  • Mercatus Emergent Ventures (open now, deadline unclear, 1500 wds) https://www.mercatus.org/emergentventures)
  • Endeavour Research Fellowship (cancelled by Australian Govt)

Grants (bold = applied, strikethrough = rejected)

  • https://www.reset.tech/open-calls/ – disinformation pitch
  • https://fordfoundation.forms.fm/2020-digital-infrastructure-research-rfp/forms/8103 (partnership with Sloan) – look at current projects to get idea of possibilities
  • Open Philanthropy https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/current-priorities#Scientific_research, emailed 25/9/18
  • Thiel Foundation? http://www.thielfoundation.org/
  • Mellon Foundation (applied previously, but could try again with new experiment proposal)
  • Grant for the Web (web monetization) (first call 2020) https://www.grantfortheweb.org/faq
  • Mozilla Open Source Support Track II $10-250k (anytime) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/mission-partners/
  • John Templeton small <$230k / large >230k (30 August, 2019)
  • Research Council UK??
  • EPFL Open Science Fund (6 Dec 2019) - applications restricted to EPFL members
  • ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (13 March 2019)
  • Chan Zuckerberg initiative (cannot find a portal for letters of enquiry!)
  • Gates Foundation (Don’t seem to have any appropriate avenues - “We do not make grants outside our funding priorities. In general, we directly invite proposals by directly contacting organizations”)
  • Arnold Foundation (“LJAF reviews all inquiries but does not accept unsolicited grant applications”)
  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation?
  • National Science Foundation (US)?
  • Figshare?
  • Arcadia https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/, emailed Ross Mounce 6 Sept
  • Shuttleworth flash grant $5k (May / November, nominations by Fellows - emailed Chris Hartgerink 29/10/18)
  • SCOSS (31 October 2018) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsRiVAKvM85RIFvVqxVi0AOCgWpP8B-nvp5QojBfLiGUkp_A/viewform
  • Awesome foundation $1k (monthly)
  • Creative Commons Community Activities Fund $1000 (anytime)
  • Mozilla research grant? <$50k (opening Sept/Oct) - req’s specific themes
  • Sloan Foundation https://sloan.org/grants/apply#tab-letters-of-inquiry
  • AMP tomorrow fund (27 May 2019)** https://www.ampstomorrowfund.com.au/faqs/
  • Welcome Open Research Fund, Full Application £50k (3 September 2019) https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/open-research-fund – [submitted proposal]
  • Digital Science (30 June 2019) https://www.digital-science.com/investment/catalyst-grant/ – [submitted proposal]

Crowdfunding (bold = initiated)

  • GoFundMe.com, https://www.gofundme.com/f/rpjkz-test
  • Register non profit, put donations link on page
  • https://lets-fund.org/better-science/ (Chris Chambers used them for Registered Reports)
  • https://startsomegood.com/

Long-term funding options

  • charge organisations to host campaigns on platform (briefly mentioned in Wellcome application - feedback said could have had more information on long-term sustainability)
  • seek small amounts of funding from academic unions, universities etc.
  • charge a fee to users/organisations who want more detailed information on pledge data, e.g. country of pledge origin, career level
  • charge a platform fee for campaigns that include a crowdfunding component
  • charge users monthly fee
  • merchandise (badges/stickers/reusable cups) could sell to start off then use that to pay back cost of printing to them have items for giveaways at workshops. Propose this to potential founders = advert opportunity if they gold star support we stick their logo on our stickers…

Project support

  • Mozilla Open Leaders (apply June 2020)
  • Open Life Science (8 Dec 2019)
  • eLife Innovation Leaders (8 Dec 2019)
  • Mozfest 21-27 Oct (1 August 2019, travel support due 3 July)
  • eLife innovation sprint 4-5 Sept (2 June 2019)